9 ideas
17488 | Empiricist theories are sets of laws, which give explanations and reductions [Glennan] |
17319 | There are 'conceptual' explanations, with their direction depending on complexity [Schnieder] |
17493 | Modern mechanism need parts with spatial, temporal and function facts, and diagrams [Glennan] |
17487 | Mechanistic philosophy of science is an alternative to the empiricist law-based tradition [Glennan] |
17489 | Mechanisms are either systems of parts or sequences of activities [Glennan] |
17490 | 17th century mechanists explained everything by the kinetic physical fundamentals [Glennan] |
17491 | Unlike the lawlike approach, mechanistic explanation can allow for exceptions [Glennan] |
5954 | All inventions of the mind aim at pleasure, and those that don't are worthless [Metrodorus of Lamp., by Plutarch] |
17494 | Since causal events are related by mechanisms, causation can be analysed in that way [Glennan] |